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Because of their immense size, whales—the enormous leviathans of the ocean—have captivated our attention. These marine giants are the largest animals to have ever roamed the earth, weighing more than ...

This story appears in the July 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Photographer Brian Skerry, who has spent more than 10,000 hours underwater exploring the world’s oceans with a camera ...

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